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LITTLE LEARNERS: Lyttelton Primary School pupils have had their first day of learning in their brand new building. Pupils were welcomed to the new school, on the corner of 

Oxford St and Sumner Rd, with a mihi whakatau, or formal welcome, on Monday morning. There were speeches and a cake cutting. Lyttelton Primary is the result of a merger 

between Lyttelton Main and West schools. The school had been operating out of two separate sites until April 15, the last day of term one. • More photos, p17. 

PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN 

Intersection riddled with problems 

CONFUSING: The Hagley-Ferrymead Community Board has asked 

whether traffic signals could be installed at the bottom of St 

Andrews Hill Rd, after a city council report criticised the layout of the 

intersection. 

INSIDE: • Tunnel traffic delays, p5 • Twins with football talent, p19 

BRIDGET RUTHERFORD 

The new Ferrymead bridge 

intersection re-design is riddled 

with problems, a report has 

revealed. 

The city council designed and 

installed the Bridle Path and St 

Andrews Hill Rds intersection, 

which was operational in September. 

But now its own traffic engineers 

have found significant design 

problems that they say should have 

been picked up when a pre-construction 

safety audit was done in 

February 2014. 

The problems include difficulties 

turning right onto Bridle Path 

Rd from St Andrews Hill Rd, the 

speed of vehicles approaching 

the intersection, a lack of visibility, 

and queuing of vehicles. 

Go Bus, which is contracted by 

Environment Canterbury to run 

bus routes in the area, said in the 

report that the right turn out of 

St Andrews Hill Rd was “almost 

impossible for the drivers”. 

Now, the Hagley-Ferrymead 

Community Board, which 

ordered the investigation, has 

directed staff to come up with 

ways of making the intersection 

better, including the possibility 

of putting in traffic signals at the 

bottom of St Andrews Hill Rd. 

The underground cables have 

been laid for the signals, and it 

would cost about $150,000 for 

them to be activated. 

Previously the Bay Harbour 

News reported that residents 

were frustrated with the intersection, 

with many saying they 

avoided using it. 

The report said residents’ 

concerns were “valid” and the 

intersection design was “far from 

ideal”. 

Community Board chairwoman 

Sara Templeton said it was clear 

the concerns raised were valid, and 

while accidents were unlikely to be 

serious, they were expected to be 

commonplace. 

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Wednesday May 4 2016 

Knit ‘n’ Yarn 

Today, 10am-11am 

Head along to Lyttelton 

Library to Knit ‘n’ Yarn. Bring 

your knitting, crochet or other 

portable craft project and enjoy 

time with other crafters. 

Lyttelton Library, free, beginners 

welcome 

Baby Times 

Friday, 10.30am-11am 

During each session there is a 

variety of stories, songs, rhymes, 

fingerplays and other book related 

activities. The programmes 

are especially suitable for under 

two-year-olds. 

Lyttelton Library, free 

Lyttelton Harbour Business 

Association Business Networking 

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Friday, 9.30-10.30am 

Lyttelton Harbour Business 

Association is hosting an ongoing 

series of weekly business 

networking events at Lyttelton 

Recreation Centre for harbour 

business owners. A friendly and 

structured networking group. 

Make new friends, new business 

connections and help make your 

local community stronger. 

Community 

Events 

Lyttelton Recreation Centre, 

25 Winchester St, Lyttelton, free. 

Sign up with dana@bluefusion. 

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Strictly Sumner 

Saturday, 6.15 

It is here, Strictly Sumner will 

take place this weekend, where 

10 couples will dance for guest 

judges and supporters to raise 

money for local charities. From 

the promoters of last year’s 

PlaceMakers Fight for Sumner, 

it is sure to be entertaining. 

Sumner School hall. Tickets 

can be bought at www.eventzilla. 

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Information Evening 

May 10, 7pm-8.30pm 

The Bridge2Rocks TimeBank 

is holding a free information 

evening to let people know 

Email bridget.rutherford@starmedia.kiwi 

or fraser.walker@starmedia.kiwi 

by 5pm each Wednesday 

what it does. TimeBanking is a 

way of freely exchanging skills, 

knowledge and resources within 

a community. Instead of dollars, 

time is the currency that 

is exchanged. Bridge2Rocks 

TimeBank is designed to connect 

the communities from Heathcote 

Valley, Mt Pleasant, Redcliffs, 

Sumner, to Taylors Mistake. It is 

open to any individual, family or 

group to join and is free. 

Mt Pleasant temporary community 

centre. Go along to find 

out more. 

Markets: 

Mt Pleasant: Every Saturday, 

9.30am-12.30pm, off 

McCormacks Bay Rd. 

Lyttelton: Every Saturday, 

10am-1pm, London St. 

Sumner: Every Sunday, 

10am on the corner of Esplanade 

and Marriner St. 

MOTHER OF ALL CLEAN UPS: Dig out your gumboots and get 

ready to lend a hand this Saturday, from 10am-3pm, to pick up 

rubbish from the estuary and the banks of the Heathcote and 

Avon rivers. Anyone is welcome to volunteer their time. Community 

and sports clubs will be allocated specific reaches of the 

rivers and estuary, and volunteers will spend at least an hour 

collecting litter between 10am-3pm. There will be several ‘thank 

you’ events starting at 3pm. 

For more information on the clean up and joining in, look on 

www.estuary.org.nz and www.avon.org.nz 

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Bid to bring cruise ships home 

Report being 

discussed behind 

closed doors 


Location and costs of installing 

a new Lyttelton cruise ship berth 

have been discussed behind 

closed doors. 

A “highly confidential” report 

has been developed and presented 

to Christchurch City Holdings 

Ltd last week, but it can 

not be made public because it is 

“commercially sensitive”. 

CCHL is an investment arm of 

the city council. 

City councillor Ali Jones, who 

is part of a working party set up 

to support the cruise ship berth 

rebuild in Lyttelton, said it was 

now up to CCHL chief executive 

Bob Lineham as to when 

the information would go to the 

city council. 

She hoped it would be within 

the month, however it was unlikely 

to be made public then. 

“It’s an extremely robust and 

positive piece of work that I’m 

really excited about it being 

presented to council,” she 

said. 

Lyttelton’s cruise ship berth 

was damaged in the earthquakes, 

and cruise ships have been hosted 

by Akaroa since, with mixed 

reactions from businesses and 

residents. 

Cr Jones said the working party 

saw the report first, and made 

a few adjustments before it was 

presented to the board. 

“There is no indication at this 

stage from council or any party 

that a cruise berth will go ahead. 

There is still much to do including 

speaking with the cruise 

lines who are obviously key 

to any decision on a cruise 

berth.” 

However, she said she could 

not express enough how “important” 

it was to get cruise ships 

back into Lyttelton. 

Lyttelton-Mt Herbert Community 

Board chairwoman Paula 

Smith said the board had not 

seen the contents of the report, 

but understood it looked into 

economics. 

She said it was important to 

the board and local businesses 

that cruise ships returned to 

Lyttelton. 

Before the earthquakes, when 

ships came in, businesses would 

see about a 10 per cent increase 

WELCOME 

VISITOR: 

Cruise ships, 

such as The 

World, used 

to stop in 

Lyttelton until 

the berth 

was damaged 

in the 

earthquakes. 

The World is 

pictured here 

in 2003. 

in turnover, she said. 

A Lyttelton Port of Christchurch 

spokeswoman said LPC 

would not comment on the rebuild. 

Christchurch and Canterbury 

Tourism chief executive Vic Allen 

said rebuilding a cruise ship 

berth in Lyttelton was being 

worked on, and it was supporting 

that effort. 

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PORT EXPANSION PROGRESS 

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch’s 

reclamation of Te Awaparahi Bay 

has reached 9.35ha and is expected 

to increase to 10ha this year. More 

than 2,400,000 tonnes of earthquake 

demolition material and 

rubble has gone into the reclamation, 

which has allowed the port 

to expand. 5.5 hectares of the 

reclamation is in use and another 

hectare will be available mid-year. 

COUNCILLOR STANDS DOWN 

City councillor Tim Scandrett 

wants to stand down from the 

Selwyn Waihora Zone Committee 

if a replacement can be found. 

Cr Scandrett said the committee 

meetings often clashed with his 

Spreydon-Heathcote Community 

Board meetings, making it difficult 

for him to attend. While he still 

kept up to date with what happened 

in the meetings, he said he would 

prefer if an elected member who 

lived in the area took over. 

UNHITCHING INVESTIGATION 

Police have spoken to about 10 

people about a $150,000 boat being 

unhitched from its mooring in 

Akaroa Harbour. The Debbie Jane, 

a fishing trawler, was set afloat at 

about 1.30am on April 23. Senior 

Constable Anita Osborne said police 

know of a number of vehicles 

that were in the area at the time 

and were continuing to investigate. 

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LUCKY: A Christchurch man will appear in the district court on May 17 

charged with driving with excess blood alcohol and careless driving, 

after he crashed his truck near Birdlings Flat. 

Drink driving charges for 

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A man who crashed his vehicle 

near Birdlings Flat in March 

was allegedly more than three 

times over the legal breath 

alcohol limit. 

Senior Constable Anita 

Osborne said the Christchurch 

man would appear in the district 

court on May 17, charged 

with driving with excess blood 

alcohol and careless driving. 

The 48-year-old was driving 

home from Birdlings Flat 

on March 30 at about 1.30pm 

when he rolled his vehicle over 

an embankment into a paddock 

near Jones Rd. 

He was cut from the vehicle 

and flown to hospital and was 

“very lucky” to have only sustained 

bruising. 

His alcohol reading, which 

Senior Constable Osborne 

would not disclose, was later 

taken at hospital. 


said he had gotten his truck 

stuck in sand near a fishing spot 

overnight, and was towed out in 

the morning. 

He was driving back to 

Christchurch the following day, 

and had driven less than 2km, 

when he crashed, she said. 


said he had “possibly fallen 

asleep” and when she arrived 

he smelt of alcohol. 

Saturday is the day for a group of 20 

daring dancers who will perform to 

raise money for Sumner charities. 

Strictly Sumner will be held at 

Sumner School hall, where 10 couples 

will show off what they have 

learned - dance routines - over the 

last two months in front of 500 supporters. 

Guest judges for this year’s event 

will be former The Bachelor NZ and 

DANCE OFF: The Strictly Sumner contestants 

will perform in front of guest judges, including 

Chrystal Chenery (above), and a crowd on 

Saturday. 

Dancing With the Stars contestant 

Crystal Chenery, dance professional 

Scott Cole and ONE News reporter 

Lisa Davies. 

Each couple has been having 

dance lessons and practising over 

the past two months, and will perform 

choreographed routines. 

The event follows last year’s Place- 

Makers Fight for Sumner. 

Saturday’s event is black tie and 

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Tunnel traffic delays 

MP’S EXPENSES 

How much money MPs claimed 

on expenses from January 1 to 

March 31 has been revealed. 

WE ARE ON 

National 

THE 

list MP Nuk Korako 


reported expenses of $23,984 

including $8362 on air 

Lyttelton residents have been 

travel, $8376 on other travel, 

stuck for up to 50min while 

$6444 on accommodation in 

Lyttelton Tunnel is closed for 

Wellington and $802 on further 

maintenance and dangerous 

accommodation. Port Hills MP 

goods loads. 

Since the earthquakes, 

MOVE 

the 

AGAIN... 

Ruth Dyson’s expenses were 

$18,990 including $6444 on 

tunnel has had to undergo more 

accommodation in Wellington, 

maintenance, because more 

$277 on further accommodation, 

trucks carrying bulk loads have 

$6352 on air travel, $3829 on 

been using it with the closure of 

other travel and $1187 on interparliamentary 

travel. Green 

Sumner Rd. 

Dangerous goods loads, such 

Party list MP Eugenie Sage spent 

as fuel, have to go through the 

$13,032 in total, while Selwyn 

tunnel as well, which requires 

MP Amy Adams spent $1664 on 

temporary closures. 

DELAYS: The New Zealand Transport Agency is going to improve its air travel. 

Lyttelton resident Bernard communication with residents to let them know when the Lyttelton 

Anderson said the tunnel access 

from 10pm-midnight had 

Tunnel 

TO 

is to be temporarily 

A 

closed. 

NEW 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

LOCATION IN 

MINISTER TO VISIT SCHOOL 

become increasingly interrupted tunnel, it had to be swept three minute gap in between. 

Education Minister Hekia Parata 

by maintenance and cleaning. times a week, with up to eight Mr Knaggs said the transport 

agency is also looking to 

will visit Redcliffs School’s 

He said traffic volumes were tonnes of material collected 

FERRYMEAD, DUE TO 

still high at that time and he monthly. 

improve its communication 

had experienced waits of up to Mr Knaggs said a proposed with residents on when closures 

50min. 

change in the Lyttelton Tunnel would take place, by putting 

New Zealand Transport Bylaw would make it compulsory 

for 

more notices in local media. 

Agency highway manager Colin 

EARTHQUAKE 

trucks to carry covered National List MP Nuk Korako 

REPAIRS 

• From page 1 

Knaggs said prior to the earthquakes, 

the tunnel was swept maintenance. 

ber of residents who felt better safety audit did not pick up on the 

loads, which would help reduce said he had spoken to a num- 

“The fact that the design stage 

once every three weeks as part When Sumner Rd reopens in communication was needed. many safety issues, which are now 

of its maintenance. 

about two years, it would again He said it was good the transport 

agency was working to im- 

community are now left with a 

so apparent, is concerning and the 

That removed about 250kg be the route used to carry dangerous 

goods loads, he said. prove its communication with brand new intersection which they 

of material that had flown off 

trucks monthly. 

Currently, 

WATCH 

the trucks with residents, and 

THIS 

a text system 

SPACE 

don’t feel safe using.” 

However, since the quakes, dangerous goods have to enter could be another alert option. The community board has also 

with more trucks carrying uncovered 

bulk loads through the the same direction, with a two- different mediums.” 

city council staff looking at 

the tunnel one by one, going in “It needs a combination of requested another report from 

the 

We will keep you informed as to our 

new address. 

Board of Trustees on Monday 

to to look over the school’s 

submission, which calls for the 

school to remain open. It follows 

a group of representatives 

travelling to Wellington last 

month to present Minister Parata 

with a petition calling for the 

school to return to its Main Rd 

site. The board will take Minister 

Parata over the key points of its 

submission. 

BUS STOP CLOSED 

Lyttelton’s Oxford St overbridge 

and the bus stop at the wharf 

will be temporarily closed today 

until early next year while wharf 

repairs are carried out. The 

bridge will remain open to 

pedestrians, but vehicles will 

have to use the Sutton Quay 

overbridge, at No. 7 gate. Bus 

services will continue from 

the nearest stop on Norwich 

Quay. 

Problem intersection 

lessons learned from this case. 

City councillor Yani 

Johanson said there were 

important issues highlighted that 

needed to be addressed for future 

projects. 

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Jodi Wright 

Veteran festival director’s work with writers, 

Sumner’s Jodi Wright is again running the Cavell Leitch New 

Zealand Jazz and Blues Festival which will take place this 

month. She spoke to Bridget Rutherford about starting the 

World Buskers Festival, living in Sumner and writing a novel 

inspired by growing up around addiction 

So can you tell me a bit about 

this month’s Cavell Leitch NZ 

Jazz and Blues Festival? 

Well this is the 18 th Cavell 

Leitch New Zealand Jazz and 

Blues Festival. Post-earthquakes 

it’s been a real 

challenge because of the 

venue situation. We’ve 

spent the last couple of 

years using different venues 

but this is the first year 

we’re back at a proper one, 

the Isaac Theatre Royal. 

This year’s event is also 

a celebration of the jazz 

school turning 25, so we’ll 

have that on the first day 

on May 25, and on May 

26 we have the Ramsey 

Lewis Quartet, they are 

coming in from Chicago. 

The festival 

has been running 

for a while, I feel 

really great about 

how the city’s 

progressing and 

the rebuild. We 

also moved 

the festival from April to May this year 

because historically it has been in the 

school holidays, but we wanted to incorporate 

the great high school jazz bands. 

This year it will feature four high school 

jazz bands, but I would have preferred to 

have more. 

Where was the festival hosted after 

the earthquakes? 

We had some at The Bedford. We had 

Charlie Musselwhite, one of the greatest 

blues performers in the world, perform in 

the student lounge at Christchurch Polytechnic 

Institute of Technology (now Ara 

Institute of Canterbury), which he was ok 

to do because he comes from grassroots. 

I told him the situation, that we had a 

big earthquake, and he was like ‘wow, 

I will come out’. Bonnie Raitt played 

in the Christchurch Town Hall in 2008, 

and came back in 2013 and was fully 

aware of the quake. It’s been a challenge 

in some ways to accommodate acts that 

require a proper concert hall. The Piano 

venue which is nearly built venue, looks 

wonderful, so things are coming around. 

Who will be at this month’s festival? 

I have Ramsey Lewis and Tami Neilson 

performing in the Transitional Cathedral, 

doing a bluesy country show, and there 

are so many other great performers. One 

group has put together a Stevie Wonder 

show. For four nights we have international 

acts. We’ve also got great art work 

this year, so it’s been good. We’ve got a 

bit of everything, and even jazz shows at 

The George. 

So how long have you been running 

the festival? 

Eighteen years. I started the World 

Buskers Festival, and I just retired from 

that two years ago. Sometimes in the 90s 

and 2000s I would be running three or 

four festivals at a time. I was executive 

director for the writers festival as well. 

I don’t know how or why I did all of it 

at the same time, but I would be running 

from one to another. 

Can you fill me in on how the World 

Buskers Festival actually started? 

Well, right about the time you were 

born I moved to New Zealand from Seattle. 

I had a difficult time because I come 

from this background of events and marketing 

and I had difficulty finding a job. 

After a while of not finding a job, I called 

the then mayor Vicki Buck. She was really 

good and encouraging. She said she 

had been planning to put a committee 

together to start a Festival of Romance 

and said I should apply for it. So I did, 

and I got it. The Festival of Romance was 

an outdoor arts and entertainment festival, 

centred around the central city and 

the Arts Centre for nine days, concluding 

on Valentine’s Day. It was sweet, but 

the funding for it just wasn’t happening. 

Then I started the World Buskers Festi-


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buskers and the local music scene 

val. Vicki and I came up with 

the name of it. At the Festival 

of Romance we had a few street 

performers who would turn up, 

which gave us the idea to hold 

their own festival. I put together 

the first festival, which had 10 

performers in 1994. It grew and 

grew and grew slowly. Then 

suddenly it grew a lot. 

Why did you decide to step 

down? 

I stepped down in November 

2014, but I set up the whole line 

up for 2015 festival beforehand. 

I was writing a novel, I’ve been 

a writer for a long time, but 

I kept putting it on the back 

burner. I had 22 years at the 

World Buskers Festival, I just 

thought something has to give. 

I felt like I had taken it as far as 

I could with the resources that 

were available to me. 

So you’re originally from 

America, why the move to 

New Zealand? 

I married a man from South 

Canterbury, he was in the 

United States playing polo. I 

met him at a jazz club. He sat 

next to me, I had a friend with 

me, but I couldn’t understand a 

word he said. When he said he 

played polo I assumed he played 

water polo. I remember saying 

to him ‘so you wear beanies on 

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your head and speedos’? And 

he was like what? (laughs) His 

name is Peter, and he is a car 

dealer. We’ve always lived in 

Christchurch. 

How long have you been in 

Sumner for? 

I’ve lived in Sumner since 

2003, for a long time. It’s 

beautiful. It’s a nice village, 

and there’s a nice feeling. I can 

go out my door and walk all 

the way to Godley Head. The 

quakes did wipe us out, they 

wiped everyone out, but things 

are coming back around. 

Do you have any kids? 

Yes, they’re in their 30s, they 

are in Christchurch. We’ve gone 

back to the States often but it’s 

hard to live somewhere else 

then go back, the energy is so 

different. Everything is a big 

drama there, and with that election 

everything is on edge. It 

feels like reality television, like 

a spoof. It’s calmer and easier 

to live here. If you’re a creative 

person and you want to spend 

time writing or painting, there’s 

a lot of space here to do that. 

What I miss about the States is 

my family. 

And you mentioned before 

you were writing a book, fill 

me in. 

It’s published now. It took a 

year from when I left buskers to 

ICON: American blues singer Bonnie Raitt performed at the Cavell 

Leitch New Zealand Jazz and Blues Festival in 2013, and is pictured 

with Jodi. 

finish it. It’s a novel called How 

to Grow an Addict. I’ve been 

writing for years and years. I 

wrote this book because I have 

experience of drug addiction 

and alcohol addiction, but the 

book is not my story. It was so 

long ago, before I moved here. 

I just grew up around heavy 

drinkers, and I was one of those 

teens who was always throwing 

a party. I was the first one to 

drink anything. It was fun for a 

while until it wasn’t anymore. 

So if people in the area 

wanted to go to the jazz festival, 

the closest would be at 

Orange Studio? 

Yes. I’m hoping to be able to 

use Sumner Surf Life Saving 

Club next year. But there will 

be improvisation jazz shows at 

Orange Studio. 

Any plans to start up any 

more festivals in the future? 

You just never know. I will 

never say no. If something 

really great came along and I 

thought the city could use this, 

I would. 

• The Cavell Leitch NZ International 

Jazz and Blues Festival 

will run in various venues from 

May 25-29. For more information 

and to buy tickets, visit 

http://jazzbluesfestival.co.nz/ 

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allegedly went to a flat in 

Akaroa at about 9.30am on 

April 26 and assaulted a male 

and a female there. 

She said the victims 

received bruising, grazes, 

and the male had a swollen 

jaw. 

The pair reported the 

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station later that day. 


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details of the circumstances 

surrounding the assault. 

The man appeared in the 

district court on April 27, 

charged with assault with 

intent to injure and male 

assaults female, and was 

remanded on bail. 

He is to have no association 

with the witnesses or victims, 

and is not to go to the address 

while on bail. 

He will appear again on 

May 18. 

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Ian Knewstubb of Lyttelton responds to 

Paula Smith’s Soap Box column calling 

for Lyttelton Port of Christchurch’s No 4 

wharf to be turned into a public space: 

As one who has spent over 25 years supporting 

heritage in Lyttelton, this proposal 

should be supported to the hilt. 

It would be a perfect site for a new 

Lyttelton Museum and the Diamond 

Harbour Ferry. 

With the move east for commercial 

operations and the container trade of the 

port company, and the relocation of many 

civic activities to the corner of Canterbury 

and London Sts, the visual relationship 

between No 4 and the town is compelling. 

With a pedestrian walkway over Norwich 

Quay and rail operations, and with 

enhanced public space developments as 

found in Auckland etc, this would make 

for a wonderful heritage area as befitting 

the maritime history of Lyttelton. 

I am well aware how this wharf has 

been neglected but the cost of demolition 

would be horrendous and such monies 

could be set aside for maintenance and 

preliminary developments. 

There is no need for undue haste as we 

are now just recovering from the terrible 

loss of built heritage in Lyttelton. 

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undertaken, applications should be with 

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Readers respond to a 

suggestion that the annual 

Guy Fawkes fireworks display 

at New Brighton could be 

held at Sumner while the pier 

receives repairs: 

Diana Johnston, of Sumner 

– No to an annual fireworks 

display in Sumner. 

Sumner area is just not 

large enough to accommodate 

potentially the thousands 

of people who may attend. 

Sumner roads are narrow, 

constantly being worked on 

and easily congested. Try 

travelling to and from on a 

Sunday afternoon. 

Sumner hills in the last 

couple of years have had at 

least three fires, two where 

empty (thank goodness) 

properties were set alight 

and burned to the ground, 

and last week a scrub fire 

on Scarborough was just 

contained. 

We have endured a fairly 

tragic few years post the major 

and minor earthquakes and I 

would not like to see any more 

risk taken down here. 

I grew up in this area and 

remember fireworks on Sumner 

Beach, but this was minimal 

compared to the huge event. 

Christchurch now holds, 

and mainly attended by 

residents. 

Lastly, New Brighton has a 

much larger area of ocean and 

beach than Sumner and plenty 

of parking. 

Hagley Park could also be 

an appropriate venue with 

plenty of open space and 

accommodation for parking. 

Jan Lisle - I am sure Sumner 

would do a great job hosting 

the fireworks and the 

community would get behind 

it. 

Housing subsidy still needed 

A Government heating and 

insulation subsidy programme 

comes to an end in June. 

Community Energy Action 

Charitable Trust chief executive 

Caroline Shone writes this week’s 

column about the importance 

of the programme and why it 

should continue in some form. 

Shelter is one 

of the most basic 

of human needs 

and the Universal 

Declaration of 

Human Rights 

says that everyone 

has the right to 

housing. 

It can be debated that housing 

that makes people sick, isn’t 

housing at all. 

However houses that are damp, 

houses that are cold, with the 

people living in them unable 

to heat them to an adequate 

temperature to keep them healthy, 

are a reality for many households 

in Christchurch. 

The old, the young and the sick 

suffer most in those houses. 

We all know the result. 

Every winter sees many 

residents ending up in hospital 

with preventable cold-related 

health issues. Even healthy people 

get sick more often in those cold, 

damp houses. 

From experience we know that 

SOAP 

BOX 

installing insulation and heating 

in people’s homes especially those 

with health conditions will reduce 

hospitalisations, delivering cost 

savings to the health system. 

Installing insulation and heating 

is a one-off cost but the benefits 

last a long time, saving money on 

health and saving lives every year. 

The Government through 

the Energy Efficiency and 

Conservation Authority (EECA) 

have spent $450 million 

nationwide on insulation and 

heating subsidies over the last 

couple of years. 

And we know it has made a 

difference. 

The current subsidy programme 

comes to an end in June this year. 

It would be fantastic if subsidies 

would be available in the future 

for those who need insulation. 

It’s a great way for Christchurch 

people to help those in their 

community who need a bit of help 

to create a warm, dry, healthy 

home. 

What’s SCIRT working on in your area? 

• Banks Peninsula commuters please allow extra 

time for delays on Governors Bay Road from as 

early as Monday 9 May. 

• SCIRT is replacing 675 metres of water main on 

Governors Bay Road near the intersection with 

Dyers Pass Road. 

• This work will take around eight weeks to 

complete. Two-way traffic will be maintained 

throughout this time by temporary traffic lights. 

• 2016 is SCIRT’s final year. 

• Your support is helping us to get the job done. 

Thank you from the SCIRT team. 

Want 

more 

info? 

Email: 

info@scirt.co.nz 

Phone: 

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TRICKY JOB: Abseilers began getting rid of loose rocks on the cliff above 

Moa Bone Cave last week. 

Rock danger removed 

Abseilers began scaling loose 

rocks from the cliffs around 

Sumner last week as part of 

a project to reduce the risk of 

hazardous rock falls to the Sumner 

-Lyttelton lifeline route. 

The scaling work began last 

Tuesday on the cliff above Moa 

Bone Cave with abseilers using 

crowbars and airbags to leverage 

loose rock from the cliff face. 

City council senior geotechnical 

engineer Dr Ian Wright said crow 

bars were efficient at removing the 

smaller rocks, but airbags were 

necessary for some of the bigger 

ones. 

They were slipped in behind the 

rock and inflated like a balloon. 

Once inflated, they applied up to 24 

tonnes of pressure behind the rock, 

causing it to become unstable and 

collapse into a safe area below. 

It was a better alternative than 

blasting in a residential area, Dr 

Wright said. 

The work will minimise the 

risk of dangerous rock falls in the 

event of future trigger events such 

as earthquakes. 

Other cliffs around Sumner 

would be tackled in the coming 

months. 

Other hazard reduction work 

planned around Sumner includes 

construction of a 3m high, 300m 

long rock stack bund in front of 

Shag Rock Reserve, also known 

as Peacock’s Gallop. 

The bund, which will have a 2m 

high mesh security fence erected 

in front of it, is designed to 

catch any rocks that fall from the 

cliff face above if another quake 

strikes. 

It will be constructed entirely 

from material that has already 

fallen from the cliff. 

Heritage award recognition 

for landmark buildings 

HISTORIC: The Gaiety was one of 

35 finalists in this year’s Canterbury 

Heritage Awards. 

Three Akaroa landmarks and 

a Ferrymead house are finalists 

in the Canterbury Heritage 

Awards. 

Akaroa’s Banksia Cottage is 

nominated for an award in the 

Domestic Saved and Restored 

category. It’s work was carried 

out by Plane Tree Ltd. 

The Gaiety, which was 

repaired and officially opened 

last month, is up for the Public 

Realm Saved and Restored 

award. 

Banks Peninsula War Memorial 

was repaired by Fulton Hogan 

after sustaining earthquake 

damage, it is in the running for 

the Seismic category. 

The memorial, which is 

owned by a trust rather than the 

city council or the Returned and 

Services Association, was officially 

reopened in October. 

Curragh House, in Ferrymead, 

will go for the Heritage Tourism 

award. 

A new Christ’s College 

building, which is named after 

Governors Bay resident and architect 

Sir Miles Warren, is up 

for the Future Heritage award. 

There were nearly 80 entries 

for the biennial awards, with 

35 finalists selected to progress 

through to the awards ceremony 

on June 9. 

The ceremony will be held in 

the newly restored Great Hall in 

the Christchurch Arts Centre. 

Tickets are on sale now for 

the 2016 Canterbury Heritage 

Awards Ceremony. Go to www. 

heritageawards.co.nz for more 

information. 

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Dancing in the 

Streets 

March is always one of the 

busiest sales months of the year, 

and this March was no exception! 

Not only has Autumn provided 

stellar weather to our beach 

and hillside suburbs, it has been 

a stellar month for Ray White 

Ferrymead with very strong 

sales during the past month. The 

level of buyer enquiry remains 

strong across all areas of the 

market. The Ray White quarterly 

list auctions, held on April 20th 

at the Novotel, demonstrates 

the enduring power of selling 

property under the hammer, with 

62.5 % sold on the day. 

Our office continues to see 

continuing high interest in ‘As is 

Where Is’ properties, with a large 

database seeking information 

solely on these types of 

properties as soon as the listing is 

live. Overall sales volumes across 

the Canterbury region are up by 

24% compared to February, with 

a rise of 19% increase in sales 

volume compared to March last 

year. Median house prices across 

the Canterbury region for this 

time of year are up 1-2%. REINZ 

Regional Director, Jim Davis 

commented that “it is noticeable 

that stock levels are decreasing 

again as new listings are, once 

again, in short supply and sold 

stock is not being replaced as 

quickly. This slowdown of new 

listing stock coupled with strong 

sales has meant prices have 

tended to remain strong and 

steady so far this year across the 

market and the drop in days on 

market is a good indication of the 

markets current strength.” 

Our Loan Market representative 

Antonia McAtamney has 

commented that the Reserve 

Bank has left the official cash 

rate (OCR) unchanged at 2.25%. 

So what that means for home 

buyers, is that bank rates will 

remain stable for the foreseeable 

future. 

Another hot topic around our 

office besides property is the up 

and coming “Strictly Sumner” 

dance event, in which our very 

own Principal, and twinkle toes, 

Craig Prier will feature! Craig has 

fortunately been partnered with 

the tall and graceful Kath Cross, 

owner of The Cornership Bistro! 

As much as we like to give Craig 

a hard time around the office 

about his ‘2 left feet’, Craig has 

pushed himself out of his comfort 

zone entirely, and is doing this 

to support the local Sumner 

community. Craig and Kath have 

Kath Cross and Craig Prier 

Craig Prier 

nominated the Sumner Resident’s Association as their 

chosen charity. 

Clayton Spence, Chair of the Association said money 

raised will be used to purchase “some new funky signs 

to advertise what we have to offer in this great village 

of Sumner”. Strictly Sumner is a community fundraising 

event with 10 charities in total represented. All funds 

raised on the night are shared between these charities, 

however all Give-A- Little proceeds go directly to the 

Sumner Residents Association and are not shared. 

At print current donations are $2, 161. This event will be 

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Amputee’s story told $2.5m needed for health facility 

FRASER WALKER-PEARCE 

When Trixie Wuts was born 

her parents had a very difficult 

decision to make whether or not 

to amputate both of her legs to 

the knee. 

On the advice of medical professionals, 

Trixie’s parents Anton 

and Margot decided amputation 

was the best solution. 

Their experience has been 

documented in a childrens’ book 

distributed by the Amputee Society 

of Canterbury and Westland 

to help families facing a similar 

choice. 

The society helped get a $5000 

grant for the publishing and 

distribution of the book from the 

Artificial Limb Service. 

Little Jellybean was written by 

Margot and illustrated by Anton 

based on their experience. 

Trixie was diagnosed with distal 

arthrogryposis before she was 

born, meaning she had crooked 

or hooked joints in her feet. 

She had many procedures 

done when she was born, which 

attempted to correct the deformities 

in both of her feet, but they 

were largely unsuccessful. 

The surgery was successful 

and Trixie now “leads a full and 

active life” with her new feet. 

Amputee Society of Canterbury 

and Westland president 

Mark Bruce said the more families 

that can be reached with the 

book, the better. 

“It’s about raising awareness 

for parents in a situation where 

their child is very unwell. The 

story is mainly about the parents 

having to make an incredibly 

tough decision to help their children,” 

he said. 

Mr Bruce said the book will 

become an invaluable source for 

those looking for support. 

“If you have a young one with 

an amputation or have a young 

one about to undergo an amputation 

then this is a great resource. 

“The future of the federation is 

in its youth . . . If we can affect 

just one family with the help of 

this book, then it’s been a worthwhile 

venture,” he said. 

The society are making copies 

of the book available from 

their national and regional coordinators, 

who can be contacted 

on www.af.org.nz. 

NEW HELP: 

Amputee Society 

of Canterbury and 

Westland president 

Mark Bruce is 

helping promote 

a new source of 

information for 

parents. 


The Akaroa community now has 

to raise $2.5 million for its new 

health facility, which is expected 

to be open by the end of next 

year. 

The Canterbury District Health 

Board announced on Monday the 

design of the facility was ready 

to go out for tender. 

It hopes to begin construction 

in November, with it completed 

before the end of 2017. 

Final costings for the new 

facility are still being worked 

through, but in order to include 

beds for aged residential care, 

the community will have to 

contribute $2.5 million. 

The old Akaroa Hospital, on 

Onuku Pl, was significantly 

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is 

sponsoring a programme 

that helps keep youth away from 

drug-use, violence and crime. 

LPC has sponsored a vehicle 

for the Canterbury Youth 

Development Programme. 

It will mean co-ordinators 

can make home visits to 

disadvantaged youth and their 

families, and provide transport 

for youth to work and get an 

education. 

LPC chief executive Peter 

Davie said the company 

was delighted to support the 

programme’s work. 

“Thanks to the work of the 

CYDP many youths now have 

the opportunity to get into the 

workforce and get their lives 

back on track,” he said. 

“We hope our contribution 

damaged in both the 

September 2010 and February 

2011 earthquakes and later 

demolished. 

The new facility 

would have eight aged 

residential care beds and 

four general practice 

beds for inpatients, and 

would house the general 

practice and other 

community services. 

A community-owned 

company, Akaroa Health Hub 

Ltd, will be the provider of the 

services. 

The Akaroa Health Hub 

Structure Group has already 

raised about $400,000 to go 

towards the facility. 

Group chairman Alan Bradford 

said the announcement that it 

supports safer and more secure 

homes for Canterbury’s youth 

and the flow-on effects can 

benefit the region that we live 

and work in.” 

Programme chief executive 

and co-founder Bevan Seal said 

a lot of bright young people 

got dragged into shoplifting, 

was ready to go out for design 

tender was “the best news we’ve 

had for a long time.” 

He said raising the money 

would be a lot of hard 

work, but achieveable. 

Originally the structure 

group had to raise $1 

million for the facility, 

however, Ngai Tahu 

Property Ltd pulled out 

of the project in August. 

District health board 

chief executive David Meates 

(left) said detailed financing 

and ownership were still being 

worked through, but sufficient 

time would be provided for the 

community fundraising target. 

That would not impact 

that construction schedule, he 

said. 

New wheels help youths 

GOOD CAUSE: 

LPC chief 

executive Peter 

Davie and 

Canterbury 

Youth 

Development 

Programme 

chief executive 

Bevan Seal 

with the new 

vehicle. 

burglaries and aggressive 

behaviour because of the 

environment they were in. 

“We work to keep kids in 

education and to keep their 

home environments a safe and 

secure place. We are stopping 

the intergenerational cycle of 

crime and abuse.” 

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BOMBS AWAY 

Mt Pleasant Oscar 

has been running its 

holiday programme 

to keep the children 

entertained, and what 

better way than a water 

fight? The children filled 

up water balloons and 

threw them at each 

other, making for a fun 

activity. 

Camp thrills at Living Springs 

Living Springs has been holding 

its Kids Camp, which runs every 

school holidays. Living Springs had 

72 campers come from all over 

the city. The camp had a science 

theme, with sessions on Conservation, 

Bush Ecology, and with 

the team from Science Alive! The 

campers also enjoyed recreation 

activities like Adventure Stream, 

Outdoor Living Skills, Monorail, 

Flying Fox and Tree Climb. 

Holiday 

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THRILLING: Connor Hay, 9, abseils down a rock 

face during the Adventure Stream activity at Living 

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The brilliant new novel from the Orange Prize-winning 

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Recently affluent Avery is petulant that she can’t buy olive oil, while her sister 

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your 

LOCAL 

Schools 

Tell us what’s 

happening at 

your school. 

Email bridget. 

rutherford@ 

starmedia.kiwi or 

phone 364 7424 

SUPPORTIVE: Our Lady Star of the Sea School pupils are wishing dancing duo, Gerry Shackleton and 

Kim Preston, good luck for this weekend’s Strictly Sumner competition. The pair have chosen to raise 

money for the school as part of Saturday’s event, where they will perform in front of a large crowd 

and guest judges. They are among 10 couples who will perform, and in doing so, raise money for local 

groups, clubs and charities. 

Coming together 

ALL GO: Work is progressing on Living Springs’ Founders Field 

project, with the hard surfaced sports court being sealed last week. 

The finished project will include a playing field, the court, and a 

picnic area. Living Springs chief executive Denis Aldridge said it was 

all coming together, and they hoped to see it finished within the 

next few weeks. “This is a wonderful project coming together here 

which includes Founders Field, a large scale sporting field which 

opens up a whole lot of possibilities including concerts, jamborees, 

and large events with lots of tents and all the rest,” he said. 

PHOTOS: WAYNE EDDINGTON 

HAPPY: Lyttelton Primary School pupils Catilin Tremewan (left) and Iona Garrett join in with the mihi 

whakatau while principal Diana Feary helps Ben McElwee to cut the cake. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN



your 

LOCAL 

Sports 

Let us know what’s going 

on with your club or team 

Email fraser.walker@ 

starmedia.kiwi or phone 

371 0778 

MAKING A SPLASH: Oliver Aikawa (second from right) and Hugo Tresfield (right) 

were among four Christchurch swimmers to attend a camp where Danyon 

Loader was a coach. 

PHOTO: MARK LEEDOM 

Top tips for swimmers 

Two young swimmers from Mt Pleasant 

and Sumner got the chance to learn 

from the best at a national swimming 

camp. 

Mt Pleasant’s Oliver Aikawa, and 

Sumner’s Hugo Tresfield qualified for 

the 36-member Jetstar Super Swim 

Squad Camp which was held in Auckland 

from April 23-25. 

Both qualified for the camp after winning 

their age groups in the NZ Ocean 

Swim Series race at Corsair Bay last 

year. 

The coaches for the camp was captained 

by Northern Arena head of 

swimming Dean Kent, and included 

double Olympic gold medalist Danyon 

Loader, and Rio 2016 Olympic qualifier 

Emma Robinson. 

Recently crowned winners of the 

2015/2016 New Zealand Ocean Swim 

Series, Olympic hopefuls Charlotte 

Webby and Nathan Capp were also on 

the coaching team, as well as elite Australian 

open water swimmer, Michael 

Shiel. 

Personal best clinches run 

FRASER 

WALKER-PEARCE 

Sumner Running Club 

men’s masters captain Dave 

Fitch won the 40 to 44 yearold 

category of the Rotorua 

Marathon. 

Fitch recorded a personal 

best time on the 42.2km 

course of 2hr 41min 53sec 

on Saturday to secure the 

win by about two minutes. 

Fitch finished 11th overall 

out of the more than 1000 

competitors that entered. 

Sumner Running Club 

member Ann Wells said 

although Fitch tends to do 

better in cross-country, he 

performed well to take the 

win. 

“Traditionally more comfortable 

running the crosscountry 

and road races up 

to 15km or a half marathon, 

the marathon distance was a 

big step up for Fitch. 

“In spite of a less than 

ideal build up, he ran a 

strong and very consistent 

race,” she said. 

Wells said she was 

FAST TIME: Dave Fitch ran 

a personal best time in the 

Rotorua Marathon, and won 

the men’s 40 to 44 year-old 

category. 

relieved to see Fitch come 

through the 24km mark 

looking fresh. 

“I have watched Fitch run 

so many races and know 

the signs when things aren’t 

going so well. So it was a 

relief when he ran through 

the 24km mark looking 

strong,” she said. 

She said he continued to 

maintain consistent pace for 

the rest of the race in spite 

of some cramping issues. 

“Running into the finishing 

straight he was flying 

and he was two minutes 

clear of the next finisher,” 

she said. 

Meanwhile, the Sumner 

Running Club started their 

winter cross-country season 

during the school holidays 

with two races. 

The opening event was 

the Hagley Memorial 

relays, held over Anzac 

weekend, followed by 

the Lionel Fox relays, at 

Woodend Beach Domain on 

Saturday. 

In the Lionel Fox relays, 

Ben Ainsley and Nathan 

Jones took out first and 

second in the masters men’s 

individual placings. 

The top individual placings 

went to second-placed 

Sam Clark, and third-placed 

Victoria Wells. 

Sumner’s senior men’s 

team finished fourth, while 

the under 18 relay team 

of Emilio Kennedy, John 

Wells, Victoria Wells, and 

Sam Clark placed sixth 

overall. 

ORGANIC HORTICULTURE COURSES 

Instruction in organic horticulture is 

now well established at the Lincolnbased 

Organic Training College. The 

next year-long course, which begins 

on 1st August, will be the ninth 

intake for the college. Students need 

no prior qualifications or experience 

to commence Year One and can 

study full or part-time. Those who 

have some horticultural background 

can go straight into Year Two. 

An added appeal of the course is that 

all fees are under $500, and full time 

students are eligible to apply for a 

loan or allowance through Studylink. 

Course Director Bill Martin says it 

works well to start the course year in 

the spring. “The organic horticulture 

course is all about growing so we 

want to start the course in spring 

when it is the right time to begin 

planting.” 

Year One students get plenty of 

hands on training in subjects such as 

sowing and planting organic crops, 

soil management and composting. 

The Year Two students have the 

option of using land and facilities 

on the Biological Husbandry Unit 

(BHU) Farm to grow and sell their 

own certified produce – a semicommercial 

venture that gives 

students a real taste of organic 

horticulture as a business. The 

students grow vegetables under the 

guidance of a mentor and sell them 

at a weekly stall at Lincoln University 

“The Year Two programme gives the 

students experience in a commercial 

environment without any risk. It’s 

the icing on the cake for a lot of the 

students here,” says Bill Martin. 

As well as the year-long organic 

horticulture courses a distance 

(correspondence) programme in 

organics is also available. 

The Organic Training College is 

located at the Biological Husbandry 

Unit at Lincoln University. There 

are 10 hectares of certified organic 

land as well as greenhouses, tunnel 

houses and research areas. 

Students selling their organic produce, Lincoln University. 

Organic Training College 

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All fees under $500


BAY HARBOUR 

PAGE 19 

Twins with football talent 

Last week Bay Harbour 

News reported on promising 

football player Ryan 

Nicholson. But there is 

also another part of the 

Nicholson sporting equation 

– his twin sister Britneylee. 

Fraser Walker-Pearce 

reports. 

The Nicholson twins started 

sport at age four when Britneylee 

copied her slightly younger 

brother’s choice to take it up, and 

a friendly rivalry started. 

Now, 12 years later, the Mt 

Pleasant twins are fiercely 

competitive, and “always” push 

each other to do better and 

succeed. 

Ryan was picked to represent 

New Zealand in the upcoming 

Super Cup, to be held in 

Northern Ireland in July. He 

also plays for the St Andrew’s 

College first 11, the Coastal 

Spirit men’s reserves team, and 

is a Canterbury futsal player. 

Meanwhile, Britneylee is a 

successful footballer, playing 

premier football for club, 

Coastal Spirit, as well as being 

an age group representative for 

Canterbury for both football and 

futsal. She won the golden boot 

at last year’s futsal nationals 

competition. 

Britneylee said they challenge 

each other’s performance when 

they get home from a match. 

“We’re both very competitive, 

we always compare who’s 

scored more goals and things 

like that,” she said. 

“I was born before Ryan, so 

I kind of hold that over him,” 

Britneylee said. 

Ryan said they disagree 

on who is smarter, and who 

their favourite footballer is. 

Ryan’s favourite footballer is 

Argentinian Lionel Messi, while 

Britneylee prefers Portuguese 

international Cristiano Ronaldo. 

But they can agree that 

Manchester City is their 

favourite English Premier 

League team. 

Britneylee is usually a striker 

in her teams, while Ryan prefers 

to play in the midfield, which 

Ryan said makes it hard to define 

who is better. 

“We play completely different 

positions so it’s hard to say who’s 

the better footballer,” he said. 

If football doesn’t work out for 

the twins, they each have a back 

up job in mind. 

Britneylee said: “I’d want to 

be an architect, and go to an 

American college.” 

Ryan said: “I’d want to be a 

football coach, and give back to 

the game a bit.” 

They also share a twin 

instinct. Ryan said if his sister is 

thinking of particular subjects, 

he “generally” knows what it 

will be. 

“I can generally gather the 

vibe of what she’s thinking,” he 

said. 

BIG 

AMBITIONS: 

If football 

doesn’t work 

out for twins 

Britneylee 

and Ryan, 

they want 

to become 

an architect 

and a football 

coach 

respectively. 

your 

LOCAL 

Sports 

Ferrymead 

Bays in 

winning form 

FRASER WALKER-PEARCE 

Ferrymead Bays are in a rich vein 

of form having won their last two 

games on the trot. 

After beating Western 4-1 over 

Anzac Weekend, Bays took on 

Halswell on Saturday and beat 

them by the same margin. 

The back-to-back wins see 

Bays rise from seventh place to 

fourth in the Mainland Premier 

League. 

First team coach Danny Halligan 

said after a slow start to the 

season, he is pleased with how 

his side are progressing. 

“They’re just a couple of wins, 

but we are making up ground 

from some disappointing results 

earlier in the season,” he said. 

Bays will play Coastal Spirit 

this week. Coastal are currently 

second with 17 points from eight 

matches. 

The match will kick off at 

2.45pm at ASB Football Park on 

Saturday.



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BANANA YOGHURT 

CREME BRULEE 

A culinary blow torch should be 

used to transform the sugar into 

the toffee topping. Ensure the 

blue flame of the blow torch is 

right on the sugar so it crackles 

quickly. Make the yoghurt 

according to the instructions on 

the packet. A quick and yummy 

brulee. – Serves 4 

creme brulee yoghurt (I used 

Hansells) 

½ cup sugar 

METHOD 

Place the banana in 4 singleserve 

heatproof ramekins or small 

souffee dishes. Add the yoghurt. 

Smooth the top. Sprinkle evenly 

with the sugar. 

Using a blow torch, heat the 

sugar until it turns to toffee. 

The brulees may be 

refrigerated for up to an hour 

before the toffee starts to 

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Still Pedalling! 

Baby of Focus range alluring 

ROSS KIDDIE 

The arrival of Ford’s new 

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The Mustang capped off 

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refresh, and a heavily upgraded 

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This evaluation surrounds the 

Focus which lands here in both 

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engine options and several 

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The test car was my personal 

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and diesel – but I find the baby 

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The 3 Step Plan to Make 

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Venlaw - Master of tides 

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On-site auction: Saturday May 7, 1.30pm 

5 bedrooms | 1 dining room | 1 living room | 1 study | 2 bathrooms | 2-car garage | Listing #: OPA22953 

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Following extensive repairs and renovation 

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THIS IS A NOTICE 

for all financial 

members of the 

Christchurch 

Country Music Club 

That our Annual 

General Meeting 

for the election 

of officers, will be 

held on Sunday 

5th June 2016, at 

the Papanui RSA, 

starting at 10am. 

Followed by our 

normal Club Day 

which starts at 1pm. 


Redcliffs School 

Board of Trustees Election 

Nominations are invited for 

the election of five parent 

representatives to the board 

of trustees. 

A nomination form and a 

notice calling for nominations 

will be posted to all eligible 

voters. 

You can nominate another 

person to stand as a candidate, 

or you can nominate yourself 

(make sure you sign both parts 

of the form). 

Additional nomination forms 

can be obtained from the 

school office. 

Nominations close at noon on 

Friday 20 May 2016 and may 

be accompanied by signed 

candidates’ statements. 

The voting roll is open for 

inspection at the school and 

can be viewed during normal 

school hours. 

There will also be a list of 

candidates’ names, as they 

come to hand, for inspection 

at the school. 

Voting closes at noon on Friday 

3 June 2016. 

Signed, Rachael Davis 

Returning Officer 

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Parent Election Notice 

School Name – Our Lady 

Star of the Sea School 

Board of trustees’ election 

Nominations are invited 

for the election of 5 parent 

representatives to the 

board of trustees. 

A nomination form and 

a notice calling for 

nominations will be posted 

to all eligible voters. 

You can nominate another 

person to stand as a 

candidate, or you can 

nominate yourself (make 

sure you sign both parts of 

the form). 

Additional nomination 

forms can be obtained from 

the school office. 

Nominations close at noon 

on 20 May 2016 and may 

be accompanied by signed 

candidates’ statements. 


inspection at the school 

and can be viewed during 

normal school hours. 

There will also be a list 

of candidates’ names, as 

they come to hand, for 

inspection at the school. 

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June 2016. 

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Nominations close at noon 

on Friday 20th May 2016 

and may be accompanied 

by a signed candidate’s 

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inspection at the school 

and can be viewed during 

normal school hours. 

There will also be a list 

of candidate’s names, as 

they come to hand, for 

inspection at the school. 

Voting closes at noon on 

Friday 3rd June 2016. 

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